sharpener

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英语[编辑]

词源[编辑]

sharpen +‎ -er

发音[编辑]

  • 国际音标(帮助)/ˈʃɑː(ɹ)pənə(ɹ)/
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名词[编辑]

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sharpener (复数 sharpeners)

  1. 磨削
    There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
    教室前面有个削笔刀。
  2. (比喻义) 使变明显加强的事物
    • 1795, Hannah More, The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain
      “Sir,” said the shepherd, “poverty is a great sharpener of the wits. []
    • 1872, Chambers's miscellany of instructive & entertaining tracts
      The snuff-box, knife, and chicken-bones were again in requisition, and a pen was successfully formed. The ink, or at least its substitute, was rather more difficult, but necessity is always a sharpener of intellect, and even this was accomplished.
  3. (非正式) 起床后或饭前喝的

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